Research for electric energy systems -- an annual report
National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NEL), Gaithersburg, MD (United States). Building Environment Div., W Anderson, National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NEL), Gaithersburg, MD (United States). Building Environment Div. · 1993
This report documents the technical progress in the two investigations which make up the project {open_quotes}Support of Research Projects for Electrical Energy Systems,{close_quotes} Department of Energy Task Order Number 137, funded by the US Department of Energy and performed by the Electricity Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The first investigation is concerned with the measurement of magnetic fields in support of epidemiogical and in vitro studies of biological field effects. During 1992, the derivation of equations which predict differences between the average magnetic flux density using circular coil probes and the flux density at the center of the probe, assuming a dipole magnetic field, were completed. The information gained using these equations allows the determination of measurement uncertainty due to probe size when magnetic fields from many electrical appliances are characterized. Consultations with various state and federal organizations and the development of standards related to electric and magnetic field measurements continued. The second investigation is concerned with two different activities related to compressed-gas insulated high voltage systems: (1) the measurement of dissociative electron attachment cross sections and negative ion production in S{sub 2}F{sub 10}, S{sub 2}OF{sub 10}, and S{sub 2}O{sub 2}F{sub 10}, and (2) Monte-Carlo simulations of ac-generated partial-discharge pulses that can occur in SF{sub 6}-insulated power systems and can be sources of gas decomposition.